“Exclusive property is a theft against nature.”
Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754–1793) French revolutionary
Original: (fr) La propriété exclusive est un vol dans la nature.
Quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 615.
Quoted in Christian Science Monitor (21 May 1964)
“Exclusive property is a theft against nature.”
Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754–1793) French revolutionary
Original: (fr) La propriété exclusive est un vol dans la nature.
Quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 615.
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
On Coalition Government (1945)
Howard P. Robertson (1903–1961) American mathematician and physicist
Geometry as a Branch of Physics (1949)
“National honor is the national property of the highest value.”
James Monroe (1758–1831) American politician, 5th President of the United States (in office from 1817 to 1825)
First Inaugural Address (4 March 1817)
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900) German socialist politician
No Compromise – No Political Trading (1899)
Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) Member of the United States Senate from Maine
Source: Declaration of Conscience (1950)
Context: I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't that desperate for victory.
I don't want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican Party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
Letter to Edgar Newton Eisenhower http://web.archive.org/web/20100216204935/http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/1147.cfm, his brother (8 November 1954) More information at Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/ike.asp <br class="br">1950s <br class="br">Context: Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
The Philippine Daily Inquirer http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/696814/ive-never-been-part-of-liberal-party-escudero <br class="br">2012
Norodom Sihanouk (1922–2012) Cambodian King
Radio adress (January 13, 1953), as quoted in Philip Short (2004) Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare, page 83.